adambatman82
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Finally saw Wolverine this afternoon. Though it was not without its flaws, I thought it was perfectly watchable and enjoyable, Jackman, Huston and especially Schreiber (who I've liked ever since he was in Scream 2) were great, the opening credits were fantastic and (some of) the effects and stunt work were also great.
However....... as a whole, the film felt really rushed, the story seemed to regularly write itself into corners that it couldn't really get itself out of and, though suspension of disbelief is usually a prerequisite with this sort of thing, Wolverine (the movie) pushed it to the very limit. I spent the whole film waiting for a huge Wolverine/Sabretooth rumble that never really materialised. and the fight scenes that were there were a bit brief and disappointing. Some of the potentially interesting/entertaining/cooler characters were either underused (in the case of Reynold's Deadpool or Taylor Kitsch's Gambit) or written out too quickly (in the case of Bolt). Other characters that should have met the wrong end of an adamantium claw, like The Blob, alas live to annoy another day.
Having said all that, on a visual level the film mostly worked, the fight scenes (what there was of them) were stylish and well shot (if occasionally edited to within an inch of their lives), Jackman was very cool, as usual and Reynolds was funny in his brief screen time. All in all this was a case of frustrating missed opportunities, you could see what Hood etc wanted to do but every time it looked like the film was going to turn into something special, a dodgy effect, glaring plot hole or bad line (the scene in the boxing ring is one of the most cringeworthy things I've seen in a long time) undermined any good work already done. Hopefully, any future forays into the X-Men universe will take the time to get it right and deliver something to match X2.
PS. one thing that really grated my cheese, which was in no way the film's fault, was the fact that BBFC appeared to have had their dirty little scissors at the film, rendering large parts of it incomprehensible. That really pissed me off, if the film is 15-cert material then for Christ's sake, give it a 15 certificate, don't fuck about with it, just so the film can be shown to 8 year olds (who probably would have been terrified by all the facial hair on display anyway)
the bbfc dont make cuts.
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